AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s drug, Enhertu, has been approved by the European Union for treatment of adult patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer.
So far, 3.42 per cent of the targeted population has received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.
This is according to a study performed independently by investigators at the University of Oxford.
The federal government on Wednesday destroyed over one million doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines in Abuja.
A total of 1,200 health workers were specially trained to vaccinate people in the second phase of the exercise.
AstraZeneca has asked the FDA to approve its COVID-19 antibody treatment that would act as a long-acting drug mainly for those with compromised immune systems.
Mr Sanwo-Olu said of the 601,000 doses promised Lagos by the federal government, only about 299,000 had been received on August 18.
This delivery is the second batch of vaccines to arrive in the country, after four million doses were delivered in March under the COVAX vaccine sharing facility.
The European Union has excluded the AstraZeneca vaccine from its list of approved COVID-19 jabs required for entry and travel within its region.
This would take place in Belgian courts, another diplomatic source said.
